If there is a game called football the playing of which is already established in society (ignoring, already, that someone, at some point, created and established it as a game to play <insert eye roll here>): Conservatism is continuing to play football as a thing society does — having a tradition of playing it, playing… Continue reading Conservatism vs Nationalism
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America’s Greatness
The things that people love to spout or propagandize as making America great are mostly not really what made (or makes) America great. And where we could at least be trying to follow the ideals we love to proclaim make America great, most Americans — most traditionalist Americans — are far from adhering to or… Continue reading America’s Greatness
Voting Your Values
When did voting your values become a thing? I’m sure it has always been a thing that people do. No doubt the history of the US could be observed to consist of many instances of people voting their values on others where no freedom of their own is actually infringed, where they agitate to be… Continue reading Voting Your Values
Don’t Run
There are those people who criticize blacks and others for running from the police. “You only make it worse on yourself when you run.” “If you’d just submit, you wouldn’t get beaten or shot.” And then there are those people who are privacy advocates, if not fanatics. They don’t want a surveillance state. They’re maybe… Continue reading Don’t Run
Loyalty
Loyalty is not a primarily valuable character trait or societal good. It’s understandable that it used to be. Nature wired animals that work together for survival to stick together via loyalty. In a far more simplistic, direct society, more closely facing a daily struggle for survival, a society making simpler decisions about surviving or not,… Continue reading Loyalty
Absolute Power
People have a saying, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is a ridiculous saying. I’m sure people don’t really think about the extent to which it might apply. But if we extend it all the way to the only thing people love to think of as the only absolute power, “God”, then we can demonstrate why… Continue reading Absolute Power